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Originally it was a timber stronghold of the motte and bailey, and belonged to the de Turberville family. When rebuilt in stone it featured both a shell keep and a shell gatehouse.

Deacon's now occupy both floors of their building. There has been extensive redevelopment along Stephenson Place, and the tram lines are long gone.

Another view of the Old Hall Hotel at Hope, this time taken from the raised bank of the churchyard.

The prominence of brick buildings here demonstrates a late flourish in the development of this town: the railway brought both bricks and visitors to the town.

Another of the region's many woollen manufacturing towns, Heckmondwike still exhibits the same no-nonsense, down-to-earth air which characterises this part of the county.

The woodlands in the distance, a rare example of trees coming down to the seashore, were both private and jealously guarded a century ago.

Its buildings are both picturesque and smart and have obviously developed at the whim of individual owners, rather than uniformly as with some other towns on the Isle of Wight.

This is another natural harbour. It has an extended reinforced stone jetty at the left-hand entrance.

Here, in another view of the Promenade, we see the large five- storey houses, built in distinctive white 'Pease' brick, many of which operated as small private hotels or boarding houses

A small but decorative wooden bell tower houses a single bell and is perched neatly on the gable end. A school was built nearby to provide for the educational needs of local children.

There has probably been a ferry of one sort or another plying its trade across the mouth of the Dart for millennia, but the first mention of one is in the Court Rolls of 1365, when it was run by one

Another view of the High Street, looking in the opposite direction. The ornate building on the left is no longer The Chippenham Co-operative Society, but a department store.

A boulter was another name for a miller.

Another fine study, this time looking west along the nave to the west front. The flags shown in the previous picture are seen near the Gate. This view is taken from near the choir and pulpit.

Both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell stayed in the village during the Civil War.

In the middle distance is Swanpool Point; hidden beyond it is Swanpool Beach, another favoured smuggling spot.

It was the first property acquired by the National Trust, who paid £10 for it in 1896 - and then another £300 to restore it.

Its present name also reminds us of another old local industry: it is now called Malthouse Cottage.

Royston is another former colliery town north of Barnsley.

Another shot of Chatsworth's beautiful French Gardens, this time showing the Egyptian statue of Sekhmet (left), which is now in the house in the Chapel Passage, and 1st Duke's greenhouse, the Camellia

Another view of the picturesque harbour with its 14th-century stone quay. In bygone years the Clovelly fleet put to sea in pursuit of much-prized herring.

In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles was a thriving port.

Another very evocative view, taken in a world about to be shaken by the First World War.

Bradpole is another ancient West Dorset village, now overshadowed by its larger neighbour Bridport.